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Show HN: What did you do last week? – Evaluates your 5 bullet points

11 points by alhwyn 2y ago

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alhwyn 2y ago
Here a video demo. seems like the rick roll verse will keep you hired lol. https://x.com/alhwynn/status/1896009815538946391 https://x.com/alhwynn/status/1896009815538946391
jpcom 2y ago
Haha, according to this tool I am unemployed again! And I had a very productive week, by the way. Of course, it doesn't take into account how useful my creative pursuits were, it looks like it's evaluating me on my contributions to the mission to Mars? I didn't know the bureaucracy was tasked with that.
k310 2y ago
My input •Invented general relativity •Created a black hole in the lab •Split the beer atom •Wrote a 10,000 line program •Sent **** to prison Hired. Explanation: Wow, you've outdone Einstein and created a black hole in the lab? That's the kind of mad science we need at SpaceX! Splitting the beer atom? Now that's a party trick I can get behind. And writing a 10,000-line program? You're either a coding genius or a glutton for punishment. As for sending *** to prison, I'm not sure if that's a scientific breakthrough or just a dream come true. Either way, you're hired. Welcome to the team, you crazy, universe-bending, code-slinging, political-disrupting maniac! Let's see what other impossible things we can achieve together.
- alhwyn 2y ago
  lol what was the censored word?
  - nxobject 2y ago
    As synonym for the smell of cologne, I think.
  - k310 2y ago
    Sorry for the late reply. Something orange.
anenefan 2y ago
Worked :| Didn't complain loudly ;) Bought out my own pocket some stronger coffee, the really good stuff, so the team would work harder :D Removed windows and hung bright curtains instead, they were cheaper by far and more fresh air can get in ... winning Installed a bunch of baseball bats behind glass, ya just don't know when there'll be an emergency and if there will be enough to go around when moral compasses needed fixing. ... ah A.I. knows I'm lying as it just sat there staring at me, it either knows I didn't work last week or the week before that ... or I'm outside of the US.
rzzzwilson 2y ago
* read email asking for 5 points * read email saying ignore 5 points email * read another email again asking for 5 points * read email from supervisor saying to ignore 5 points email * thanked $DEITY that I'm no longer a federal public servant.
- scarab92 2y ago
  The point is likely to bring attention to the lack of effective performance management processes within the public service. Departments who don't want to follow Musk's approach will need to develop or improve their own processes to better identify and remove underperformers.
  - mft_ 2y ago
    …or improve underlying work processes, presumably? It’s possible that someone could be doing a perfectly adequate job which is either unimpressive to an observer, or doesn’t take up all of their time, while doing exactly what is asked of them?
- Ferret7446 2y ago
  This is the problem with modern politics. You end up with internal civil war, because you have a system where a newly elected official inherits entrenched political enemies who would rather "martyr" themselves than act according to their representatives.
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Animats 2y ago
So what is DOGE actually using to evaluate all those incoming emails?
- Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
  Reply All: You're fired.
wuschel 2y ago
Fired. > Explanation: Look, being very sick happens, but if your biggest accomplishment of the week is trying to get better, you're not bringing much to the table. We're building the future here, not a sick day recovery club. Get well, then get back to work—or find a new planet to chill on.
hackerbeat 2y ago
You should refrain from pushing Elon and his destructive nonsense.
dasefx 2y ago
Must admit I laughed at this response. Decision: HIRED Explanation: Wow, did you just casually rewrite the rules of physics and computing over a weekend? If you can create a new theory of relativity and a quantum computing framework while also pushing mesoscale computing 20 years into the future, I'm pretty sure you're the genius we need at SpaceX and Tesla. And hey, you even threw in a .NET website with a nice UI? That's like adding a cherry on top of a universe-altering sundae. Welcome aboard, let's see if you can help us colonize Mars and make humanity multi-planetary before lunch.

11 points by alhwyn 2y ago

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Here a video demo. seems like the rick roll verse will keep you hired lol. https://x.com/alhwynn/status/1896009815538946391 https://x.com/alhwynn/status/1896009815538946391

jpcom 2y ago

Haha, according to this tool I am unemployed again! And I had a very productive week, by the way. Of course, it doesn't take into account how useful my creative pursuits were, it looks like it's evaluating me on my contributions to the mission to Mars? I didn't know the bureaucracy was tasked with that.

k310 2y ago

My input •Invented general relativity •Created a black hole in the lab •Split the beer atom •Wrote a 10,000 line program •Sent **** to prison Hired. Explanation: Wow, you've outdone Einstein and created a black hole in the lab? That's the kind of mad science we need at SpaceX! Splitting the beer atom? Now that's a party trick I can get behind. And writing a 10,000-line program? You're either a coding genius or a glutton for punishment. As for sending *** to prison, I'm not sure if that's a scientific breakthrough or just a dream come true. Either way, you're hired. Welcome to the team, you crazy, universe-bending, code-slinging, political-disrupting maniac! Let's see what other impossible things we can achieve together.

alhwyn 2y ago
lol what was the censored word?
- nxobject 2y ago
  As synonym for the smell of cologne, I think.
- k310 2y ago
  Sorry for the late reply. Something orange.

anenefan 2y ago

Worked :| Didn't complain loudly ;) Bought out my own pocket some stronger coffee, the really good stuff, so the team would work harder :D Removed windows and hung bright curtains instead, they were cheaper by far and more fresh air can get in ... winning Installed a bunch of baseball bats behind glass, ya just don't know when there'll be an emergency and if there will be enough to go around when moral compasses needed fixing. ... ah A.I. knows I'm lying as it just sat there staring at me, it either knows I didn't work last week or the week before that ... or I'm outside of the US.

rzzzwilson 2y ago

* read email asking for 5 points * read email saying ignore 5 points email * read another email again asking for 5 points * read email from supervisor saying to ignore 5 points email * thanked $DEITY that I'm no longer a federal public servant.

scarab92 2y ago
The point is likely to bring attention to the lack of effective performance management processes within the public service. Departments who don't want to follow Musk's approach will need to develop or improve their own processes to better identify and remove underperformers.
- mft_ 2y ago
  …or improve underlying work processes, presumably? It’s possible that someone could be doing a perfectly adequate job which is either unimpressive to an observer, or doesn’t take up all of their time, while doing exactly what is asked of them?
Ferret7446 2y ago
This is the problem with modern politics. You end up with internal civil war, because you have a system where a newly elected official inherits entrenched political enemies who would rather "martyr" themselves than act according to their representatives.

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Animats 2y ago

So what is DOGE actually using to evaluate all those incoming emails?

Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
Reply All: You're fired.

wuschel 2y ago

Fired. > Explanation: Look, being very sick happens, but if your biggest accomplishment of the week is trying to get better, you're not bringing much to the table. We're building the future here, not a sick day recovery club. Get well, then get back to work—or find a new planet to chill on.

hackerbeat 2y ago

You should refrain from pushing Elon and his destructive nonsense.

dasefx 2y ago

Must admit I laughed at this response. Decision: HIRED Explanation: Wow, did you just casually rewrite the rules of physics and computing over a weekend? If you can create a new theory of relativity and a quantum computing framework while also pushing mesoscale computing 20 years into the future, I'm pretty sure you're the genius we need at SpaceX and Tesla. And hey, you even threw in a .NET website with a nice UI? That's like adding a cherry on top of a universe-altering sundae. Welcome aboard, let's see if you can help us colonize Mars and make humanity multi-planetary before lunch.